Adjustable fire-box for stoves.



Patented Apr. 22, I902.

J. P. NEELEY. ADJUSTABLE FIRE BOX FOR STOVE S.

' (Application filed Fab. rs, 1900.

(No Model.)

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Patented Apr. 22,1902.

No. 698,3l2.

J. P, NE ELEY. I ADJUSTABLE FIRE-BOX FOB STOVES.

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ADJUSTABLE FIRE BOX FOB STUVES.

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I Patented Apr. 22, 1x102.

J. P.- NEELEY. ADJUSTABLE FIRE BOX FOR STOVES.

(Application mar in. 6, 1900.

(No Model.)

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" EED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH P." NEELEY, OF OENTRALIA, \VASHINGTON.

ADJUSTABLE FIRE-eBOX "FOR STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters' P-atent No. 698,312, dated April 22, 1902.

T aZZ whom it. may concern: I I

Be it knownthat 1, JOSEPH P. NEELEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Centralia, in the county of Lewis and State of I Washington, haveinventednew. and useful Improvements in Adj ustable Fire-Boxes for Stoves, of which the following; is a specification.

a My invention relates toimprovements in tion. Fig. 4 is a top plan view. Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofone of the ends of the firebox, the several parts composing the ends being shown in separated positions. Fig. 6 is asectional View on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a detachedperspective view of one of the detachable grate-journals. Fig. 8 isa per spective view of. one end of the adjustable front of the fire-box, the parts being shown separated to disclose more clearly their specific construction. Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the dotted line 9 9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a sectional view on the line 10 10 of Fig. 8. Fig.. 11 is a horizontal sectional view of the fireba-ckof the box, taken on the line 11 11 of Fig. 1. Fig. 12 is a similar view takenon line 12 12 of Fig. 1. Fig. 13 is avertioal sectionalview on the line 1313 of Fig. 11. Fig. 14=is a sectional view on the line 1414 of Fig. 12. Fig. 12. Fig. 16 is an inverted detached perspective view of one end 'ofthe grate. Fig. 17 is a longitudinal sectional view looking toward the rear. Fig. 18 is alongitudinal sectional viewlooking toward the front. Fig. 19 is a transverse sectional views Referring now to the drawings, A is an adjustable front, B the adjustableyback, C the.

adjustable ends, andD, the adjustable grate, the said members serving toconstitute the entire fire-box.

sists of a number of parts, and I will now explain them separately and in detail.

The, adjustable front consists; essentially, of an upper horizontal portion a and a lower horizontal portion 6. The upper portion ais Fig. 3 is an end eleva which theclamping-bolt's 0% pass.

construction it will be seen that the front Fig. is a similar ,view on line 15 15of- Each of these members con-- which project up through the openings d'and engage the vertical recesses c,,.and projecting downward are the teeth .g, the teeth f and g being connected byahorizontal web h. Each end of the lower part b oft-he front is provided with an upwardly-projecting ear 0 haveach end. of ,the upper part a of this box is provided with laterallyprojecting ears E, which are provided with vertical slots 70, regpractically a solid piece is provided with log at its upperenda bolt-opening j, andv istering with the openings j and through From this ableuponthe upper part a'for the purpose of regulatingthe depth ofthefro nt of the box, according to the stove to' which it is attached. In order to provide for the longitudinal adjustment of this front, I provide each end thereof with the separate plates F, and these plates F are provided with an upper and a lower horizontal series of openings G, the upper series of openings adapted to register with the slot is in the earsE of the upper part a and the bolt-openingj in the ears '6 of the lower. part b and through which the bolt m passes. The lower series of these openings G is adapted to register with the lower openings H, formed in the lowerends' of the ears tand through which clamping-bolts Ipass. By

means of this construction it will be seen that ,7 I

vided with the hooks J, which are adapted to catch over the upturned hooks K which pro -v ject from the ends 0 of the fire-box.

I will now explain the construction of the ICC ends of my fire-box; These ends consist of the four separate and adjustable parts 2, 3,

4:, and 5.. The front piece 4is provided at its upper front corner with a vertical slot 6, p i

which registers with a bolt-opening 7 in the intermediate piece 3, and through which slot and bolt-opening a clamping-bolt 8 passes and serves to unite the parts or pieces 3 and 4:. The upper rear portion of the intermediate part 3 is provided with a horizontal slot 9, adapted to register with a bolt-opening 10, through which a clamping-bolt 11 passes,- the said clamping-bolt uniting the parts 2 and 3 and permittingahorizontal adjustment thereof. The end piece 5 is provided with a boltopening 12 at its inner lower corner which registers with a horizontal slot 13, formed in the rear end piece 4, and passing through this opening and slot is a clamping-bolt 14:, which serves to unite the rear and the front end pieces. It will also be noticed that the rear and the front end pieces 4 and 5 in addition to forming the front and rear ends of the end pieces also constitute the lower portion of the end pieces, while the intermediate pieces 2 and 3 constitute the upper portion of the end pieces. The plate 4 is provided with a shoulder 18 which is adapted to receive the lower end 3 of the plate 3, and the shoulder 18 is adapted to receive the shoulder 17 of the plate 5, while the shoulder 16 is adapted to rest upon the shoulder 4 of the plate 4 and the shoulder 17 adapted to receive the shoulder 15 of the plate 2. By so arranging the shoulders it will be readily seen that the several parts are held in their proper relative positions. The front end and lower piece 4 has in its lower portion a transverse opening 18, which serves as a bearing for the end shaft 19 of the grate 20. The grate and the said shaft or journal will be more fully explained hereinafter. The rear end of the part 2 is provided with an inwardlyextending notch formed by two parallel arms 21, the said arms being situated about midway between the ends thereof aud serves as means for uniting the back B with the end piece 0 through the medium of the bolt 22, which passes through an opening formed in the back and registering with the notch between the said arms. The back and this connection will be more particularly referred to hereinafter. I have described the construction of one of the end pieces, and the construction of the other end piece being the same a separate explanation thereof is unnecessary.

From the above description it will be seen that the two pieces 4 and 5 are connected to gether independent of the pieces 2 and 3 through the medium of the bolt 14:, and that the parts 2 and 3 are connected together independent of the parts 4 and 5 by the bolt 11, and that the top piece 4 is connected with the part 3 through the medium of the bolt 8, and that the two parts 2 and 3 are horizontally adjustable upon each other, and that the parts 4 and 5 are also horizontally adjustable upon each other, and that the part 4:, together with the part 5, carried thereby, is vertically adjustable upon the part 3, and consequently the several parts constituting the ends are both vertically and horizontally adjustable for the purpose of varying the width of the fire-box and also for the purpose of varying the depth thereof.

The back D of my fire-box consists of several members, and the construction of this part of the box I will now describe. It consists of the inner part 30, the two upper and outer parts 31 and 32, and the two outer and lower parts 33 and 34. The upper edges of the upper and outer parts 31 and 32 curve outward, as shown at 35, and are provided with registering vertical bolt-openings 36, through which a clamping-bolt 37 passes. This bolt 37 also passes through the horizontal base 38 of a vertical leg 39, to which a vertically-adj ustable top support 40 is vertically adjustably connected through the medium of a bolt 41, which passes through a slot 42, formed in the vertical leg 39. 40 has the diverging arms 44, each of which is U-shaped in cross-section, and the upper edges of the wall of these U-shaped arms are made rounding or to a point, as shown at 15, which reduces the point of contact between the support and the top of the stove. The ends of these upper parts 31 and 32 are each provided with transverse bolt openings through which clamping-bolts 22 pass, and the upper and outer corners of the end pieces 33 and 34 are each provided with verticallyarranged slots .51, (shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1,) through which the said clamping-bolts 22 also pass and which serve to unite the end pieces 33 and 3t and the top pieces 31 and 32 and permit them to have a relative vertical adjustment. These bolts 22 also pass between the horizontal arms 21 and serve to clamp the end pieces and the back together. The lower end pieces 33 and 34 and this back B overlap the inner main portion 30 and are provided at their upper edges with the horizontal slots 55, through which clamping-bolts 56 pass, the said clamping-bolts also passing through the main part 30, and preferably projecting outward from the main part 30 within the slots 55 are the lugs 57. The two upper parts 31 and 32 are supported at their center by means of a vertically-adjustable cleat 58, the upper end of said cleat having a projection 59, fitting in horizontal slots formed, respectively, in the inner lower ends of the parts 31 and 32. This vertically-adj ustable cleat has its lower end provided with a vertical slot 61, through which a bolt 62 passes, said bolt also passing through the main part 30 and serving to adjustably connect the cleat 58 with the part 30 and to thereby permita vertical adjustment of the inner ends of the parts 31 and 32 corresponding with the vertical adjustment of their outer ends.

Attention is directed to the ends of the ad-' j ustable parts 33 and 34, which have the inclined portions 65, constituting shoulders adapted to support the fire-box back out of This support o justable thereon, and top portions having contact with the oven of the stove and which is beneficial both to the oven and the fireback by constituting a corresponding air-space between the two. a

From the above description it will be noted that I have provided a fire-box in which the back, front, and ends are vertically and 1011' gitudinally adj ustablefor the purpose of fitting the-box'to different-sized stoves. v

I The grate 2O consis'tsof, two longitudinal webs 70 and a plurality of transverse webs 71. The projecting endsof the transverse pieces are provided with notches 8, whereby they can be broken off for thepurpose of varying the width of the grate according tothe adjustment of the parts, and the ends of the Y longitudinalwebs 70 arej provided with'the notches t for the purpose of enabling. the end;

or ends of the grate to be broken offfor the purpose of varying the length thereof accord ing ,toyfthe adjustment of thefire-box; The

. notches s and t are preferablymade: inthe upper sidc of thegrateif;The'grate is pro v 3 'vided-with detachableshafts'orvbearings l9, which consist of essentially L-shaped pieces,

as shown in Fig. 7, the outer ends b'einground tojfit in the journals 185 of the end pieces, and

1 their inner ends providedwit-h thetransverse,

' projections 75,;adapted,to fit'between the the" longitudinal projections or ridges 76,

transverse webs, as shown in Fig. 6, and with which'fit in 'atraHsVerSeserieS of ,notchesfZ7,

formed in the transvg-z-rsewebs between the; longitudinal webs, and'jthe bearings are detachably connected With-theends of the grate through the medium of the clampingebolts 79. By means of this constructionithe grate.

t can be reduced either in-width or length," and,

. the bearings can be adjusted laterally upon a isvbefore explained.

the grate for the purpose of "centeringthem thereon accordingto the Width ther,eof,;as will be readily understood when the width has been're'duced by the breaking of the projectingend or ends of the transverse webs, as Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1. In a fire-pot, a back consisting of aimain central portion-,side portions horizontally ad- 7, their outer ends verticallyadjustable on the side plates and theirinner ends verticallyand horizon tally adjustable on the main central portion, substantially as described.

my hand in the 2. I In a fire-pot, a back consisting of a main centralxportion, side portions'horizontally ad.

jnstable thereon, top portions.havingtheir outer ends vertically adjustable on the side plates and a verticallyradjustable clip on said main central portion and carrying a pin adapted to engage horizontal slots inthe top portions, whereby the inner free ends of the top portions are vertically and horizontally ad v justable omthe' central portion, substantially. as described; m

3. In a fire-pot, an end piece comprisinga I I .main lower-section having "a grate-journal, a" j secondary lower-section"horizontally adjustl 7) l able'on the main section, atopsectionbe tWeen-thetwo lower sections and vertically adjustably connected to the lower'mainsec-f ti'on'anda second top; member horizontally;

adjustable on the first top .member-substam' tia'lly as described. '1 V a 1. In a fire-pot, an end piece comprising a;

inain lower section having a grate-journal I 'therein,'a hook carrie'd by said section adapted 1 to receive the front of; the pot, va secondary "lower section horizontally'adju'stableon the main section, a top sectionlbetween the two a lower sections and vertically adj ustably 0011f .nected to the lowermain section',-"a second 1 top Jmember horizontally adjustable on the first section, and'a pronged lug carriedthereby. adapted to receive a member, carried: by

the'back, substantiallyajs' describe'd.

'i 5." Ina fire-box, a front comprising anup;

percand a lower part interlocking-with each: other, outwardly-extendin gears carried ;by- ,theends of said upp'er'section and having "vertical slots.thereinyoutwardly-extending s ears carried-by thGJOWBIjSQQbiOII andOVerlapping the ears of the upper-section and have ,ing a vertically'arranged row ofjopenings; a

securing-plate having a series of vertically? arranged openings, ,a hook carriedby the outer end of said plate, and. securing-bolts passing throughthe openings in the lower section, the slotin the upper section and through any of the desired openings in the securing-plate, substantially. as described.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set witnesses. 1 e

' Witnesses: e

' GEO. E.Rnonns, Q 1 H. H.HAME T presence of two'subscribing 

